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At this point there’s only really one thing I want from an iPhone and that’s an option for a 12/13 mini sized device again. Surely those phones didn’t sell so few that it’s not worth doing at all?
So many people are interested in which phone I have. It’s a 12mini. Won’t upgrade to 13mini bc that doesn’t make any sense.
I simply don’t want a bulky phone.
I have a (regular) Pixel 8 and given that this is smaller and finally has USB-C I'm very tempted to try to jump to Apple again but I'm curious about the following: 1. Is there a terminal equivalent like termux? 2. Is there an open source wireguard client like the official wireguard client for Android? 3. Is it possible to upload mp4 videos to it to watch offline? 4. Is it possible to upload some of my mp3 collection…
I plugged it into my MBP expecting to be able to copy media over, but you can only copy it into the sandboxed filesystem of one app. So choose wisely.
Downloading media using Plex etc sucks. As soon as the phone locks or you move to another app, it stops. On Pixel, I could queue up a load of downloads or SMB transfers, lock my phone on the side and expect them to be complete when I come back.
As for a terminal or using it like a computer, fuhgeddaboutit.
If anything I've said is wrong, please correct me. I want to like this phone, the camera is out of this world.
Why do other manufacturers who debut phones don't get HN posts, but Apple does? Xiaomi Poco X7 & X7 pro were released in Janunary, for example. Don't see a post about that.
Why didn't you submit a story about those devices?
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The CPU/SOC operates independently with limited protocols (such as PCIe, NVMe, etc.). In contrast, a baseband processor must communicate with various base stations and core networks, requiring precise timing, physical signal alignment, and correct message formats. Even though the 3GPP defines mobile network standards, achieving full compatibility remains extremely challenging.
When you're apple, you can just be mostly compliant, and the worlds mobile networks will have to work around your bugs. Nobody will use a phone company that doesn't work with iPhones.
If there are reports of iPhones failing to work reliably from Kansas City to Kuala Lumpur then it would be unlikely to be the operators being blamed here.
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Just like the eMac, where we finally moved beyond the primitive mechanical relays used in the iMac G3.
You’re also forgetting the original leather bound MacBooks and the somewhat contentious introduction of reverse scroll, with calligraphy on both sides!
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May end up doing that. We'll see. I also write software for these beasties, and it may well be that I won't be able to justify avoiding getting one that has Apple Intelligence.
Eventually, Apple (and 3p developers) will abandon you, and you'll need to throw away a perfectly good phone and take another step on the treadmill. I'm still hanging on to my perfectly working iPhone 7, while app developers tell me to fuck off left and right. It does everything I want a phone to do, but developers consider "old phones" to be icky and stop supporting them.
https://blog.bschwind.com/2025/01/11/the-original-iphone-se-...
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> I think the iphone does a lot more in the background than you might consider initially. I understand that. My point being that 25 year old tech, before the real miniatyrization of circuits and power efficiency mind you, has 7x charge time and yet we are impressed by a few additional hours. > Here is an experiment to try. Use your phone as you currently do, but turn on airplane mode when you aren't otherwise using t…
> Putting the phone in airplane mode is no different than having a dead battery in terms of usability. Well, it's about the same as using Nokia 3310.
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The market for a cheaper iphone like this has always been just buying a 4 year old phone for like $0-small few hundred from your carrier. Makes no sense for apple to push a new product in this segment when their own supply eats it. And all they really offer in the se is a new old iphone anyhow making use of old components they have spare inventory available or on order from their vendors remaining supply lines.
You are missing the point. These types of "budget" phones that Apple does are for people who can't/won't buy the flagship (because too expensive) but wouldn't buy something second-hand either. There are a LOT of people like that. It is not rational at all; they would rather buy something shittier for their money than get more value. My grandparents are like that. To buy in the second-hand market you need to have some…